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The Tragedy of Gatsby and
Daisy in
The Great Gatsby
Abstract
：
The
Great
Gatsby
is
one of
the best
works
of
Fitzgerald
in
both
thought and art, which
is universal. In order to describe
the
restlessness of the “lost
generation”
in
the
“roaring
twenties”,
the
author
created
several
typical
tragic
characters.
This
paper
focuses
on
the
analysis
of
the
tragic
fates
of
two
leading
characters
—
Gatsby
and Daisy. It aims to reveal despair and doom of
men and women
living in a society in
which the unrestrained desire for money and
pleasure surpass the
other more noble
goals.
简介：
《了不起的盖茨比》一书无论在思想还是
艺术方面来说都是菲茨杰拉德最
佳作品之一，
这一点是为世人所
知晓的。
为了描述生活在喧嚣的二十世纪的
“迷
惘的一代”
，作者创造了一系列典型的悲剧人物。本片论文集中分析两大主角－
盖茨比和黛茜的悲剧命运。
旨在揭示生活在一个欲望膨胀、
享乐至上的社会里的
人们的无限欲望和宿命。
Key words:
The
Great Gatsby
; Gatsby and
Daisy
;
tragedy
关键词：
《了不起的盖茨比》
;
盖茨比和黛茜；悲剧
Theoretical Framework
There is
no clear definition
about
the feminism, as the
British author and critical
Rebecca
West
remarks,
“I
myself
have
never
been
able
to
find
out
precisely
what
feminism
is.”
Although
it
is
hard
to
give
a
thorough
definition,
the
core
can
be
summed up as
“men and women
should be equal in economy, politics, and
society.”
It
asserts that
women and men should have equal access to
education, equal pay,
better
working
conditions
and
females
are
unable
to
be
free
due
to
their
financial
dependence
on
males
in
society.
It
also
tends
to
support
women
and
men
have
an
equal
partnership
in
marriage.
As
Virginia
Woolf
said,
“compared
to
men
，
women
have material disadvantages.?? She also
thinks that
patriarchy is the root of
inequality
between
men
and
women,
or
more
specifically,
women
are
dominated
by
men
in
society.
She
views
patriarchy
as
dividing
rights
and
privileges
of
gender,
and
as
a
result, women are
oppressed and men are privileged (Selden 125).
1.
Introduction
Published in 1925,
The Great
Gatsby
became an immediate classic and
pushed its
young
author
to
a
fame
that
he
never
again
equaled.
The
novel
is
narrated
in
retrospect
by
a
young
man
named
Nick
Caraway.
He
comes
to
New
York
City
in
spring of 1922 and becomes involved in
the life of his neighbor at Long Island, Jay
Gatsby,
a
very
rich
man,
who
lives
in
a
magnificent
imitation
French
villa.
Gatsby
reveals to Nick, that
he fell in love with Nick's cousin Daisy before
the war. At that
time
he
was
too
poor
to
marry
her.
Then
Daisy
married
Tom
Buchanan,
a
rich
but
boring
man
of
good
social
position.
Determined
to
win
his
lost
love
back,
Gatsby
engaged
himself
in
bootlegging
and
other
“shady”
activities,
thus
becoming
a
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